comparisons

Games

Nintendo DSi LL Vs PSP-3000: FIGHT!

12:09AM Jesus Diaz | I remember how everyone slammed the PSP because it was huge. Let’s see how that brick called Nintendo DSi LL – how much stupider can this product name get? – compares to the Sony PSP-3000. More »
Music

Digital Vs. Analog Storage: How Many VHS Tapes In One iPod?

3:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Mozy, in a shrewd plug for their online backup service, have created a chart to show how much data our digital collections can hold compared to old analogue storage. Have you guys heard of the iPod? It looks amazing. More »
Gadgets

Wireless eBook Readers: Which One’ll Burn Down The Bookstore?

7:00AM Matt Buchanan | With the Sony Reader Daily Edition, the 3G-enabled eBook reader battle is pitched. At the end of this year, it’ll fight Amazon’s Kindle 2 and DX and Plastic Logic’s eReader to the death. Here’s how they all stack up now. More »
Phones

iPhone vs. BlackBerry Bold: The Side-by-Side Photos and Video

6:20AM Adam Frucci | The 3G iPhone and the BlackBerry Bold are two of the most buzzed-about phones due out this year. And while we don’t have any shots of the new iPhone, it’s a safe assumption that it won’t look all that much different than the current model. With that in mind, the folks from The iPhone Blog have taken a bunch of comparison shots and some video of the Bold and the iPhone together, showing us just how the two compare. Hey, I didn’t realise the BlackBerry had a keyboard and the iPhone didn’t! You learn something new every day. Hit the jump for the unsurprisingly-biased yet in-depth video and follow the source link at the bottom for the large gallery. More »
Screens

Pioneer Kuro 2008 First Impressions: New Thin Plasma and Projector Beat All

2:29AM Wilson Rothman | Today we took a look at the Kuro 2G plasma compared to the 1G and others. We also had a look at the JVC-made projector that Pioneer is branding Kuro Elite. The hype—if not the price—seems totally worth it. But instead of trying to tell you how much I enjoyed the display of in-yer-face contrast comparison, take a look at the pics I snapped. I marked some with shutter speeds, so you can get a better sense of what we saw. More images of the thinnest Elite plasma monitor and a look at the projector after the jump. More »
Computers

Lenovo X300 vs MacBook Air Mossberg Bitchfight

10:08PM Jesus Diaz | After rediscovering the Lenovo X300, the Mighty Mossberg has analysed it, inevitably pitting it against the Apple MacBook Air in a classic fight of blood, dead and more blood and dead. And you know exactly what the outcome is. More »
Phones

iPhone Prices Compared in Four Countries (Verdict: France Wins)

5:14AM Jason Chen | setteB.IT took it upon themselves to chart up the four different iPhone providers in four different countries and see who’s getting the best deal. Apparently, it’s Orange (France) if you’re looking at the cheapest overall price, but their plan only includes about 240 minutes and limits both Wi-Fi and EDGE data. In comparison, AT&T’s got the most full-featured plan at unlimited Wi-Fi, EDGE, and 450 minutes of talk time—some good news in a time when the US dollar’s crumbling faster than an osteoporotic old man who got hit in the knee. [setteb.it] More »
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PS3 Game Upscaling, Reviewed

6:40AM Seamus Byrne | IGN did some extensive testing on the PS3’s new update that scales PS and PS2 games to full 1080p resolution. Even shrunk down for embedding purposes, it’s obvious that the upscaling and smoothing can really just add a lot of blur to an image. In some places this is good (like those crowds in the back) while in others, it just makes us need glasses (like on the text or maybe even the Undertaker himself). It’s a predictable response from Sony, really. Ditch the jaggies in 480i games and accept the consequences. But how does the system deal with 480p-supported games? More »